swell
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9.9
- noun
- /swɛl/
- Archaic
:
dandi
- I'm playing cards on Sunday night, and a wealthy gentleman who occasionally sits with us and always brags about his connections brings a friend who’s a nobleman, a swell with an accent, who says if he found a treasure he wouldn't need to play cards.
It was to check out that swell pulled up to the city.
- It was to check out that swell pulled up to the city.
- Jacksonville is very famous because it's it's like where the rich and famous and the the the there's some rich people that wear the swells go.
Examples
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We're a couple of regular swells.
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We're going to a swell party.
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You have one swell friend there.
Fiction book (2001) -
Surprised to see me in your swell joint?
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Don't you think I'd make a swell President?
Blog text (6) -
Oh, thanks, Hec, that's real swell of you.
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Now that's what I call a swell-looking cake.
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The local swells welcomed her back with a big to-do.
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Just 20 months after trading for Adrian Gonzalez and signing Carl Crawford in one swell foop, it's clear that whatever the Red Sox were going for, it didn't work.
Blog text (5) -
At the party, all the swells arrived in their finest suits and extravagant accessories.
Synonyms
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7.5
A man who cares a lot about how he looks and dresses
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8.2
A man who cares a lot about his clothes and appearance
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9.9
A man who cares too much about his clothes and how he looks
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8.4
A young man who dresses and acts in a showy, attention-seeking way
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8.6
A man who cares a lot about his clothes and how he looks
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9.9
A man who cares too much about his looks and acts proud
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9.3
A man who cares a lot about his clothes and how he looks
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6.5
A person who cares a lot about clothes and follows the latest styles
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8.1
A man who cares greatly about his clothes and appearance
A man who dresses and acts in a flashy way to attract attention
A person who dresses in bright clothes to get attention
A person who dresses stylishly to show wealth or high social class
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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How Fashionable
- Archaic
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Swell meaning a dandy or showy man comes from old slang where a rich, proud man seemed 'swollen' with money and importance. A helpful way to remember this is to picture a finely dressed man, puffed up and proud — that was a 'swell'.